BlackRock has appointed Rachel Lord to lead its Asia Pacific business. She will be based in Hong Kong and serve as chair and head of BlackRock Asia Pacific (APAC). Her appointment is effective May 1, 2021, subject to regulatory approval. Lord most recently headed BlackRock’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), driving regional business transformation over the past three years.
Lord’s APAC experience began with ANZ Investment Bank in London helping clients in Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan to access international financing for their industrial growth. She then moved to Hong Kong, where she built a number of Asian equities businesses for Morgan Stanley. She later joined Citigroup, where she led the growth of global strategic equity solutions, overseeing its launch in Asia in 2010.
Lord was named BlackRock’s head of EMEA in 2017 and is a member of the firm’s global executive committee. She chairs the EMEA executive com
